On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, Kevin White wrote: <snip> >My question is; why is everything in the New Pacifica done in secret? Everything is not done in secret, as is obvious from all the public meetings. See, for example, http://www.pacificafoundation.org/pnb/component/option,com_events/Itemid,48/, which doesn't include all the LSB committee meetings. A more valid question would be why Pacifica has so many closed meetings on legal and personnel matters. Part of the answer is that the bylaws require periodic reviews of management. Another part of the answer is that Pacifica is always searching for management personnel. A third part of the answer is that Pacifica is frequently being sued by various employees. All of these activities may require governance attention in closed sessions. This obviously begs the question of why Pacifica seems to always be searching for management personnel and defending itself against employee lawsuits. The simplistic answer here is that it's all become part of the general Pacifica culture. I won't waste my time providing you with too analytical an explanation in reply, since you consistently misinterpret those, but I'm sure that inaccurate statements, mischaracterization of comments or positions, and unfounded attacks are partly responsible for Pacifica's management turnover and general employee unrest. Experience indicates that you are quite familiar with such phenomena, so the number of closed meetings should really be no surprise. If Pacifica attacks and drives away its managers, we'll obviously need to search for replacements. If Pacifica hires unconventional managers, its conventional employees may find offense, and vice versa. If Pacifica attracts and welcomes individuals who celebrate their identitites as victims of oppression, it obviously may find itself occasionally identified by some of them as the oppressor. If Pacifica abandons accuracy in reporting in service to partisan causes, it can develop a staff or a management (or both) with a dedication to something other than truth, and so encourage the creation of false rumor. To a significant extent, we prepare the way for our problems to emerge, and then can only reap what we sow. --Terry Goodman